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THE QUEER INTERNET STUDIES SYMPOSIUM | Queer Digital Media Resources and Research
During the Queer Internet Studies symposium at the Annenberg School for Communication in 2017, I spoke about the radical possibilities of queer digital spaces.
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BITCH MEDIA | Electric Youth: Eight Activists Who Are Sparking Change Right Now
I was one of eight activists featured in the 2016 Fall issue of Bitch as part of a piece celebrating the next generation of feminist activism.
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BUZZFEED | I Didn’t Always Know I Was Gay
This essay I wrote for BuzzFeed on my coming out journey went viral in 2015.
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BITCH MEDIA | Artists Sew a Giant Memorial for Survivors of Sexual Violence
I spoke to the artists and activists who brought the Monument Quilt to life—and asked survivors how they felt seeing the quilt, which stitches together stories of sexual violence, at its first public display.
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NEW YORK TIMES | Girls Tweeting (Not Twerking) Their Way to Power
Courtney E. Martin wrote about my viral #EducateCoaches campaign for The New York Times, calling me and other young feminists “modern day Davids taking on the Goliaths of our time.”
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JEZEBEL | Lady Gaga Has a Burqa Problem
Jezebel pulled from my critique of Lady Gaga’s song “Burqa Swag” in their own coverage.
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SPARK MOVEMENT | We’re Working with NFHS to #EducateCoaches & Prevent Sexual Violence
As part of my viral #EducateCoaches campaign, SPARK collaborated with the National Federation of State High School Associations to provide resources about sexual violence prevention to high school athletic coaches.
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SPARK MOVEMENT | Why We Need to #EducateCoaches on Sexual Assault Prevention
I launched the viral #EducateCoaches campaign on Change.org in the wake of the Steubenville sexual assault scandal.
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SPARK MOVEMENT | Facebook Blocked Me from My Own Account for Being at Slutwalk
My posts about offline feminist organizing work were flagged on Facebook as “offensive.”
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WASHINGTON POST: The Right to Be Sexy Can Coexist With Equality of The Sexes
I was interviewed for a Washington Post piece on the SlutWalk movement in 2011, when I was the media liaison for the Washington, DC protest.
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